Mikhail Kozakov was born on October 14, 1934 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for Amphibian Man (1962), Ten (1991) and Vsya korolevskaya rat (1971). He was married to Anna Yampolskaya, Greta Taar and Anastasiya Vertinskaya. He died on April 22, 2011 in Tel Aviv, Israel.